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Funny what some people would consider a waste of time. ​So this happened.

In her “Talk” Q&A in on the last page of The New York Times Magazine, Congresswoman Maxine Waters had this to say:

Q: If you could have a private conversation with Trump, what would you say to him? A: I would not waste my time.

Go ahead and read that again. We’ll wait.

How you respond to that answer pretty much sums up where you stand: Is it a smart, defensible and progressive position? Or do you hear it as dismissive and uncooperative?

And before you answer that, consider this: How would you feel if the same question had been posed to a Republican Senator or member of Congress in the summer of 2009 about holding a private conversation with President Obama, and received the same answer?